Taskrabbit had raised $50 million in funding and was profitable when IKEA acquired the online marketplace for handymen-on-demand in 2017. While there has been a deluge of initial public offerings in ...

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Ikea has partnered with TaskRabbit, allowing you to pre-pay at check out and get a professional to assemble your furniture.

Taskrabbit matches gig workers with clients who are seeking help with everyday tasks. The services can include anything from shoveling snow and building furniture to organization. Insider spoke with ...

TaskRabbit, the San Francisco startup that has made a name for itself by helping people connect with odd jobs, is now a place where you can find a real job too. Today TaskRabbit is launching a new set ...

TaskRabbit is a hot startup that everyone is buzzing about. Like Zaarly, it is a local network that allows users to post and complete tasks in their neighborhoods. Think Craigslist and Twitter mushed ...

TaskRabbit, the on-demand platform for hiring people to do everything from build furniture to stand in line for you at the Apple Store, has sold itself to IKEA, Recode first reported. IKEA has since ...

In yet another surprising union of traditional retail and the tech world, IKEA has reportedly snapped up the on-demand service TaskRabbit, Recode reports. The deal makes a lot of sense. TaskRabbit has ...

Handyman-for-hire app TaskRabbit was the target of a data breach on Monday, resulting in both the app and website being taken offline while the company investigated the apparently intentional attack.